SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: Samsung is reviewing agencies to lead its global electronics division, according to several industry sources.

WASHINGTON: As President-elect Barack Obama's team transitions to the White House, a number of groups are building campaigns directed at the new administration and Congress.

WASHINGTON: A number of organizations are executing campaigns to keep HIV prevention in focus for World AIDS Day on December 1. MTV, the Global AIDS Alliance, and AIDS.gov are three organizations developing PR for the campaigns, ranging from rallies in Washington to new media initiatives.

DETROIT: PR staffs from Ford, GM, and Chrysler worked to educate key media and consumers about why they were seeking financial help from the government.

MIAMI: Smaller US banks are finding unique PR opportunities to assert their healthy states despite otherwise dire economic news.

YONKERS, NY: On this coming Monday, Consumer Reports planned to begin a public-education campaign to inform shoppers about credit card debt.

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New Moon Girl Media, creator of a magazine, New Moon Girls, featuring user-generated content by and for girls ages 8 to 12, introduced a new social networking Web site, NewMoonGirls.com, to expand its brand online.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ: Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is reaching out to mothers offended by an ad for the company's Ibuprofen brand, Motrin, which equated carrying a baby in a sling to a painful fashion choice.

NEW YORK: London-based business publication the Financial Times reached out broadly to promote the redesign of its Web site, which debuted this week.